Monitoring method, monitoring system, and structure, construction, or movable body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10908078-B2
Application number	US-201716466483-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2017
Priority date	Dec 7, 2016
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

An infrared ray radiated from a region of a surface of an object to which a coating film ( 20 ) of a coating material is provided is detected by an infrared sensor ( 42 ). The coating film ( 20 ) includes a porous ceramic particle ( 22 ) and a binder ( 24 ), and the ceramic particle ( 22 ) includes a compound represented by a compositional formula of any of A a R b Al c O 4 , A a R b Ga c O 4 , R x , Al y O 12 , and R x Ga y O 12 . Here, A is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba, and R is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of rare earth elements. Also, a is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, b is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, c is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, x is equal to or greater than 2.9 and equal to or less than 3.1, and y is equal to or greater than 4.9 and equal to or less than 5.1. A porosity of the ceramic particle (22) is equal to or greater than 20% and equal to or less than 40%.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A monitoring method comprising:
detecting, by an infrared sensor, an infrared ray radiated from a region of a surface of an object to which a coating film of a coating material is provided,
wherein the coating film comprises a porous ceramic particle and a binder,
the ceramic particle comprises a compound represented by a compositional formula of any of A a R b Al c O 4 , A a R b Ga c O 4 , R x Al y O 12 , and R x Ga y O 12 , where A is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba, R is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of rare earth elements, a is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, b is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, c is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, x is equal to or greater than 2.9 and equal to or less than 3.1, and y is equal to or greater than 4.9 and equal to or less than 5.1, and
a porosity of the ceramic particle is equal to or greater than 20% and equal to or less than 40%.

2. The monitoring method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a thickness of the coating film is equal to or less than 200 μm.

3. The monitoring method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a maximum peak in a particle size distribution curve of the ceramic particles is located within a range of equal to or greater than 5 μm and equal to or less than 100 μm.

4. The monitoring method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the porosity of the ceramic particle is equal to or greater than 30%.

5. The monitoring method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a content rate of the ceramic particle relative to the coating film is equal to or greater than 75% by weight and equal to or less than 92% by weight.

6. The monitoring method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a refractive index of the binder is equal to or greater than 1.0 and equal to or less than 1.4.

7. The monitoring method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a light absorptance of the binder is equal to or less than 0.1 in a wavelength range of equal to or greater than 1200 nm and equal to or less than 1700 nm.

8. The monitoring method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the binder comprises an amorphous fluororesin.

9. The monitoring method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the ceramic particle is a polycrystalline sintered body.

10. The monitoring method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the object is a structure, a construction, or a movable body.

11. The monitoring method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a detection unit analyzes a detection result of the infrared sensor to detect deterioration of the coating film.

12. The monitoring method according to claim 11 ,
wherein the detection unit analyzes the detection result of the infrared sensor to calculate an area of a region where the coating film is not formed, and determine presence or absence of the deterioration of the coating film based on the calculated area.

13. The monitoring method according to claim 12 ,
wherein the detection unit binarizes an image obtained by the infrared sensor, and calculates, based on the binarized image, the area of the region where the coating film is not formed.

14. The monitoring method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a detection unit analyzes a detection result of the infrared sensor to determine a type of load applied to the object.

15. The monitoring method according to claim 14 ,
wherein the detection unit analyzes the detection result of the infrared sensor to extract a shape pattern of a region where the coating film is not formed, and determines a type of the load based on the extracted shape pattern.

16. The monitoring method according to claim 15 ,
wherein the detection unit binarizes an image obtained by the infrared sensor and extracts, based on the binarized image, the shape pattern of the region where the coating film is not formed.

17. A monitoring system comprising:
an infrared sensor that detects an infrared ray radiated from a region of a surface of an object to which a coating film of a coating material is provided,
wherein the coating film comprises a porous ceramic particle and a binder,
the ceramic particle comprises a compound represented by a compositional formula of any of A a R b Al c O 4 , A a R b Ga c O 4 , R x Al y O 12 , and R x Ga y O 12 , where A is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba, R is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of rare earth elements, a is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, b is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, c is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, x is equal to or greater than 2.9 and equal to or less than 3.1, and y is equal to or greater than 4.9 and equal to or less than 5.1, and
a porosity of the ceramic particle is equal to or greater than 20% and equal to or less than 40%.

18. The monitoring system according to claim 17 , further comprising:
a detection unit that analyzes a detection result of the infrared sensor to detect deterioration of the coating film.

19. The monitoring system according to claim 17 , further comprising:
a detection unit that analyzes a detection result of the infrared sensor to determine a type of a load applied to the object.

20. A structure, a construction, or a movable body comprising:
a coating film of a coating material on at least a part of a surface,
wherein the coating film comprises a porous ceramic particle and a binder,
the ceramic particle comprises a compound represented by a compositional formula of any of A a R b Al c O 4 , A a R b Ga c O 4 , R x Al y O 12 , and R x Ga y O 12 , where A is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba, R is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of rare earth elements, a is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, b is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, c is equal to or greater than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1, x is equal to or greater than 2.9 and equal to or less than 3.1, and y is equal to or greater than 4.9 and equal to or less than 5.1, and
a porosity of the ceramic particle is equal to or greater than 20% and equal to or less than 40%.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Shibuya Akinobu

Classifications

• C04B35/62695 Primary

  Granulation or pelletising (devices for shaping artificial aggregates from ceramic mixtures B28B1/004) · CPC title

• C04B2235/96

  Properties of ceramic products, e.g. mechanical properties such as strength, toughness, wear resistance · CPC title

• G01N25/72

  Investigating presence of flaws · CPC title

• C04B2235/3224

  Rare earth oxide or oxide forming salts thereof, e.g. scandium oxide · CPC title

• C04B2235/3217

  Aluminum oxide or oxide forming salts thereof, e.g. bauxite, alpha-alumina · CPC title